Mr. La Trail was born in Walhalla, N.D., when this state was all vast wilderness, and he had fought Indians, and hunted bears and buffalo on the plains. [...]Read More... from On This Day | One of North Dakota’s First?
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On This Day | Meeting Demand and The American Genius
It may take us till 1942 to get building enough airplanes to satisfy the demand but our experience has been that demand is a great challenge to American genius. [...]Read More... from On This Day | Meeting Demand and The American Genius
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On This Day | The UND Student Body
Grand Forks, Dec. 4 — Students from 52 of North Dakota’s 53 counties are attending the University of North Dakota this fall, according to R. O. Wilson, UND registrar. Ward county is represented by [...]Read More... from On This Day | The[...]
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On This Day | Local Dairy Thriving
Washington, Nov. 29. — Creameries in North Dakota produced 50,708,000 pounds of butter last year, the agricultural marketing service said in its preliminary report on 1939 dairy manufacturers. [...]Read More... from On This Day | Local Dairy Thriving
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On This Day | What Roamed Long Before Us
Washington, D. C. — A rhinoceros skull 28 inches long and the skull of a huge pig that when alive measured fully eight feet from snout to tail are among trophies bagged recently by [...]Read More... from On This Day | What[...]
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On This Day | Bread Wins Wars
While the United States is amply supplied with food and can easily provide sustenance for an army of millions, there is much malnutrition in this country, according to the writer. One way in which [...]Read More... from On This Day | Bread[...]
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On This Day | The Wrong Kind of Hunting
A Minot man, Dr. Palmer Wood, member of a party of three Minot hunters who made their headquarters in Willow City, shot his deer on the Lower Souris game reserve the first day of [...]Read More... from On This Day | The[...]
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On This Day | A War on Waste
WAR ON WASTE IS AID FOR DEFENSE. IT’S AS SIMPLE AS THIS: EVERYBODY WHO PREVENTS A FIRE — EVERYBODY WHO PREVENTS OR AVOIDS AN ACCIDENT — EVERYBODY WHO CONSERVES OR PRESERVES — IS DOING [...]Read More... from On This Day | A[...]
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On This Day | Death in a Jar
A dramatic six-day battle to save the life of Anton Weigel ended in failure early Sunday when the victim died. A son, Eddie, 20, remains in a serious condition. The iron lung rushed from [...]Read More... from On This Day | Death[...]
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On This Day | A Bad Time to Get Stuck
Disclosed following the death of Emil Krauth at Hebron, is one of the strangest stories regarding war's dislocation of a family which has come to light in North Dakota. It concerns the Fred Conrath [...]Read More... from On This Day | A[...]
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On This Day | What Taxes Could Buy
Enough revenue to build five battleships of the U.S.S. North Carolina type, or 690 patrol bombers, or 7700 medium tanks was paid to the Federal Government by the distilling industry in the fiscal year [...]Read More... from On This Day | What[...]
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On This Day | An Iconic Grocery Store
L. L. Stone, who in October purchased the self-service Piggly Wiggly store in Minot, announces the formal opening of his store on Friday and Saturday of this week. Mr. Stone has had a force [...]Read More... from On This Day | An[...]
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On This Day | Langer Faces Seating Test in Senate
Chairman Hatch of the senate investigating committee stated Tuesday that formal consideration of action on a protest against the seating of Senator Langer would be delayed until after the funeral Thursday of the late [...]Read More... from On This Day | Langer[...]
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On This Day | News of 1941
Fargo’s parking meters went into operation recently. Installed in the business district, the meters are expected to provide better parking conditions in the city. Charge to car owners is five cents per hour. Regulations [...]Read More... from On This Day | News[...]
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On This Day | A Principled Perspective
What North Dakota needs is a united front. All this farmer against the town folks is the finest of folly. Out of our population of 682,000 there are 600,000 or more of us in [...]Read More... from On This Day | A[...]
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On This Day | News of the Day
Wolseth—S. S. Jacoles is wearing an attractive pair of fur trimmed gauntlet gloves that were sent from Alaska by his niece, Miss Esther Hage, before her recent marriage. The gift is a fine specimen [...]Read More... from On This Day | News[...]